Thekra became known for her powerful voice and her ability to perform many kinds of Arabic music genres, including qasa'ed, muwashshah and taarab songs.

Her last album released in Libya was "Nafsi Azeeza", written by the poet Al-Tarhooni, which won best performance and lyrics at the Sharm el-Sheikh Festival in Egypt.

Her most successful singles in Gulf Arabic were: A day before her death, she was in Libya where she performed a concert and she met Gaddafi.

The same night, she sang a song based on a poem written by Ali Al Keilani, and at a time where there were large tensions between Saudi and Libya.

The poem had words where it criticised the corruption of the Saudi government and how they shouldn't be in charge of Hajj in Mecca which was a large attack on the House of Saud.

When her death was reported, her body was transported by Al Waleed bin Talal's private plane to avoid suspicion and show solidarity.

Singers who performed Thekra's songs in their concerts included Assala, Sherine, Ghada Rajab, Elissa, and Samira Said.